Starting in the early 1960s, a new theatre movement began gathering momentum in New York City. Writers, actors, and directors began producing plays on makeshift stages, first in coffee-houses and bars, and then in churches and lofts. This movement was soon dubbed "Off-Off-Broadway." Many of the writers whose plays were first performed here have gone on to substantial commercial and critical successes in the more established arenas. Others of the original Off-Off-Broadway playwrights continue to write for small audiences and to employ highly experimental techniques and unusual themes. Their plays have not received much attention in recent years, especially as the number of Off-Off-Broadway theatres has grown so rapidly. David Starkweather is a writer who seems to fall into the latter category.

Emerging in 1962 with a play entitled The Family Joke, Starkweather proceeded to write at least seven additional plays between that date and 1969. The plays' actual production...